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Charlie Llewellyn

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Charles Bennett Llewellyn

Born: 26 September 1876, Pietermaritzberg, Natal
Died: 7 June 1964, Chertsey, Surrey, England
Major Teams: Natal, Hampshire, London County, South Africa.
Known As: Charlie Llewellyn
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left Arm Slow Medium


Test Debut: South Africa v England at Johannesburg, 2nd Test, 1895/96
Last Test:
South Africa v England at The Oval, 3rd Test, 1912

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1911

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (career)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   15   28   1   544   90   20.14   0   4    7   0

                    Balls    M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling              2292   55  1421   48  29.60  6-92    4   1  47.7  3.71

FIRST-CLASS
 (career: 1894/95 - 1903)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100s   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  267  461  34 11425  216   26.75   18  175   0

                       R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10
Bowling            23715 1013  23.41  9-55   82  20

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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Born in South Africa, Charlie Llewellyn played 15 Tests between 1895 and 1912, moving to England to join Hampshire playing for the county between 1899 and 1910, scoring 8772 runs at 27.6 and taking 711 wickets at 24.7. In addition to appearing for his home country, he almost appeared for England against Australia in 1902, being in the fourteen selected players for the match.

A forcing middle order left handed batsman, brilliant fielder at mid or silly mid off and a slow left arm orthodox spin bowler, Llewellyn was a man of many cricketing firsts.

He was the first bowler in English cricket to bowl the 'Chinaman' on a regular basis, a skill he learned from Reggie Schwartz who had picked up the googly from playing with Bernard Bosanquet at Middlesex. Like Bosanquet, it took Llewellyn two years to perfect the art, but when he did, he bowled it with great accuracy.

In the first match he played for Hampshire, whilst serving the qualification period, Llewellyn scored 72 and 21 and took 8 - 132 against the touring Australians. This performance gained him a place in K.S. Ranjitsinhji's team that toured America in 1899.

For his new county, the South African became the first player to achieve the double of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in a season, a feat achieved on three occasions, 1901, 1908 and 1910; the first batsman to score a double hundred (216 against the touring South Africans at Southampton in 1910); the first and only player to score a hundred and take ten wickets in the same match (against Somerset in 1901) and the first Hampshire batsman to score a hundred in an hour, a feat he achieved against Sussex in 1909. He also played against the first West Indian side to tour England in 1906, scoring 60. In all, Llewellyn hit 1,000 runs in a season six times and he took 100 wickets in a season four times.

For South Africa, Llewellyn played in the first Test against Australia in 1902 and he also went on the first South African tour to Australia in 1910 11. He also played against Australia in three different countries, taking part in the Triangular Series in England in 1912. Wisden named Llewellyn Cricketer of the Year in 1911.

On his return from Australia, Llewellyn fell out with Hampshire over terms and went to play in the Lancashire League with Accrington. He was the first major international cricketer to play in the league and in 1913 he scored a record 188 not out against Bacup. Llewellyn had ten seasons with Accrington and he continued to play league cricket until he was 62 years of age. (Nigel Stockley, 2001)

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